DISASTER MANAGEMENT - AFRICA DAILY

Gust of severe storms damage: insurer Swiss Re

Mar 25, 2015 (AFP)

Damages from severe thunderstorms have been growing at a much faster rate than all other weather events over the past quarter century, according a report releas...

UN ask for $30mn to help cyclone-ravaged Vanuatu

Mar 24, 2015 (AFP)

The United Nations on Tuesday launched an urgent appeal for nearly $30 million to provide life-saving assistance in Vanuatu after the island nation was ravaged ...

Japan Plans 250-Mile Chain of Sea Walls to Fend Off Tsunamis

Mar 24, 2015 (Sputnik)

The Japanese government is busy planning to build a series of cement sea walls nearly five stories high along its coastline, saying it's part of an effort to bl...

Health, education fears for Vanuatu's child cyclone survivors

Mar 21, 2015 (AFP)

Josianna Napuat barely flinched when registered nurse Elizabeth William injected her with a measles vaccine outside her home in Vanuatu's capital Port Vila. The...

Fukushima reactor test offers detailed look inside

Mar 20, 2015 (AFP)

Confirmation this week that all the fuel inside one of Fukushima's broken reactors has long-since melted leaves the site's Japanese operator with the tricky tas...

Vanuatu slams lack of aid coordination, says food running out

Mar 19, 2015 (AFP)

Vanuatu has hit out at aid groups swarming the cyclone-ravaged Pacific nation over a lack of coordination, which it said cost precious time getting help to thos...

UN disaster meet criticised for lack of targets

Mar 19, 2015 (AFP)

Rich countries have been accused of "shirking their responsibility" as a global conference on reducing disaster impact ended with pledges to lower the human cos...

Cyclone Pam wrecks Vanuatu's tourism sector

Mar 19, 2015 (AFP)

A black-hulled boat bobs silently on the aquamarine waters of Port Vila's harbour in the tropical paradise of Vanuatu, a thatched roof perched on top like a str...

Aid starts flowing to Vanuatu as remote islands plead for help

Mar 18, 2015 (AFP)

Aid began arriving in some of cyclone-hit Vanuatu's worst affected islands Wednesday but others remain isolated, with flights over the Pacific nation showing de...

Mount Fuji climbers should wear helmets: Japan officials

Mar 18, 2015 (AFP)

Climbers tackling Japan's highest peak Mount Fuji will be urged to wear a helmet and goggles, authorities said Wednesday, after more than 60 people died when a ...

Fears of food shortages in Vanuatu as huge damage revealed

Mar 17, 2015 (AFP)

Vanuatu warned it faces imminent food shortages as accounts emerged of huge damage to a large outer island, days after one of the fiercest cyclones on record pu...

Fears for food supplies in Vanuatu as capital cleans up

Mar 17, 2015 (AFP)

Vanuatu could soon start running out of food, the president's office warned Tuesday, after Cyclone Pam roared through the Pacific nation leaving at least 24 dea...

Women are key in tackling disaster: UN officials

Mar 16, 2015 (AFP)

Women are far more exposed to disasters than men given their frontline roles in the home and in healthcare, the UN says, arguing that improving gender equality ...

Help us rebuild, Vanuatu president urges world

Mar 16, 2015 (AFP)

Vanuatu's president Monday pleaded with the world to help the cyclone-ravaged Pacific nation rebuild as aid agencies warned conditions were among the most chall...

UN disaster meeting opens in tsunami-hit Japan

Mar 14, 2015 (AFP)

Policymakers gathered for a ten-yearly meeting on disaster risk reduction Saturday, with hopes high that the conference in tsunami-hit Japan might provide a spr...

UN to hold disaster meeting in tsunami-hit Japan

Mar 12, 2015 (AFP)

The UN will hold a once-in-a-decade meeting on disaster risk reduction this weekend, with policymakers gathering in tsunami-struck Japan after warnings that the...

Rapid coastal population growth may leave many exposed to sea-level rise

Mar 12, 2015 (SPX)

The number of people potentially exposed to future sea level rise and associated storm surge flooding may be highest in low-elevation coastal zones in Asia and ...

Microbial soil cleanup at Fukushima

Mar 12, 2015 (SPX)

Proteins from salt-loving, halophilic, microbes could be the key to cleaning up leaked radioactive strontium and caesium ions from the Fukushima Dai-ichi Nuclea...

14 million children pay price for Syria, Iraq conflicts: UNICEF

Mar 12, 2015 (AFP)

The United Nations children's fund said Thursday that 14 million children are paying the price for warfare in Syria and neighbouring Iraq, with violence and har...

Bangladesh uses SERVIR for flood warning system

Mar 11, 2015 (SPX)

Bangladesh officials have announced plans to expand a satellite-based flood forecasting and warning system developed by SERVIR to aid an area where floodwaters ...